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re "6, To ask our Quakscr acho ls and colleges to refuse to ace2pt rilitary training mits sr contracts, or military subsidics for scicntific rescarch, an? te advise Young Fricnds not to accent military trainin: in other institutions, "9, To creste 2 hon? and fowily atnosphore in which the vays of lov: and reconcilitstion ors so eentral that the resort to vioimnec in my rovlatioship is impossible. "8, To halp *avclop the institutions, mithods, end attituccs mocassary to a har:cnious ond preecful vorid; tt: ranlnes political anarchy, notiencl sovirsipniy anc wer by low and gevirnicnt; to orcss for werld aisariuwint boginning unilsterally with the Unitcd Stntes, if necessary, instead sf th. present armanmnt ract; to work for the inmodiate reooal of eraft legislaticn; and to shart willingly and sacrificially our r:sourccs for the rebuilding of the world, ut 45 an aight-pegs pecophiet entitled "25 Years of Mo! To Vinr', r LZn published by “RL (i/o Rogid tre Lii.guc) listed an itera: tion of the history of the WRL bisinnine in 1923. On pier four of this oamphlat it is stated: "Calline 211 Var Rasisters = isain, war hes brought ns pence no szcurity anywirre., “Ath millions ccac, sthor riillions dying in Slav labor camps cr pirishing in soeealled 'freoden! throughout a miuincd Surtp., with Cearmmunisn fz, and Fascist: by no mims dcad, tho skies ara Aart: inde? But for Var Resisters thor: must be no retrent. . "Now that the Slective Service Act of 1948 has vassed into aw dasplite the Lang anc volinnt wfferts of tha peace foreas to defcat it, tho League must take stock of fresh rasponsibilitics., Since this fect, lik its predicessor, prevides neo abselute extuntion for thos? Whest conscicness forbid any submission whetover to Conscription, the Leamuet will work to gain absolute freaccr: for such mon fren ecnseripted sarviee, whether in prison er cut of it. On the othir hand it will also lene its aid to thesa able te Sccopt alte:native service, Oppesinz Cons serintion ‘nvrincipli, At will cosparate. vigorously wit. 2) weriing for th: r2opeal of the act and will urg?: our zovarnmcnt to propose to its Jeltgates to tha United Nations the universal tbolition of Congcrivtion, "Zuually the Leasue will corbat todsyts mounting rblitarisn in all its forms, Jt will strive fer the disnrnaaent of thig nation ind of the world, Using ceoesful techniques, we Liasue menbers will estebo spuin amd azcsin to convince our fallow fucricans net only that an atomic war ma; woll dig tie grave of civillucticn, but that point-blank renunciaticn of wa by thre: individual, by groups and by nations is neecssary to avert this